JEDDAH, 29 October 2005 — With the attendance of 300 participants from the public and private sector, the Jizan Chamber of Commerce & Industry in cooperation with the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) is hosting on Nov. 19 the “Introductory meeting of Jizan sea port”. Secretary General of JCCI, Mohammed Al-Sharif, said that the meeting will focus on the council of minister’s decision last month approving halting the collection of fees on entering and departing ships at Jizan seaport. The decision will be effective for five years starting Sept. 20, 2005. The fee exemptions are expected to increase commercial activity of national import export businesses with their international counterparts in addition to the economic flourish of the Jizan region.
The introductory meeting will take place at JCCI under the auspices of Prince Mohammed ibn Nasser ibn Abdul Aziz, governor of Jizan region. It will be attended by minister of transportation, Dr. Jubara Al-Suraisiri, chairman of Jizan Chamber of Commerce, Fahad Qalam, chairman of JCCI, Dr. Ghassan Al-Sulaiman and a number of high officials in the public and private sector including from Jizan port, Jeddah Islamic port, customs department and border patrols. Representatives of several committees from the JCCI, the sea transportation sector committee, customs’ clearance sector committee, land transportation committee, insurance committee, commercial committee and industrial committee will also be attending as well as representatives of foreign shipping companies, commercial agents companies and other related companies.
“Holding the meeting at the Jeddah chamber is one of the ways for cooperating with other chambers and one of the services it provides for its members to develop their activities,” said Al-Sharif.
Jizan seaport is located at the southern-western cost of The Red Sea, around 190 miles north of Babalmandib strait and very close to the eastern and western sea commerce routes between Europe, the Far East, the Arabian Gulf and East Africa. Jizan city is connected with the rest of the Kingdom by a network of modern roads that able it to serve the southern-western regions.
